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Each Wednesday, blogger Matt Vensel will highlight five statistics that really mean something for the Orioles. 72 -- number of doubles Manny Machado is on pace to hit in 2013. Somewhat surprisingly, the 20-year-old third baseman did not have a double in Tuesday night's 9-3 loss to the Washington Nationals. But Machado had hit five doubles in the five previous games, raising his season total to a league-leading 23 doubles, four more than Boston’s Mike Napoli. With 23 doubles in 52 games, Machado is on pace to hit 72 over a 162-game season, which would break Earl Webb's all-time record of 67 doubles in a single season. Sustaining that pace won’t be easy for Machado,...

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Each Wednesday, blogger Matt Vensel will highlight five statistics that really mean something for the Orioles.
72 -- number of doubles Manny Machado is on pace to hit in 2013.
Somewhat surprisingly, the 20-year-old third baseman did not have a double in...

Kevin Gausman’s second start didn’t go as planned.
The 22-year-old right-hander, who recalled from Double-A last week, was pulled after four innings, trailing 7-3 to the Washington Nationals.
He gave up seven runs on eight hits, including three...

The long-accepted theory around these parts is that Camden Yards morphs from a neutral park to a hitter's haven in late May to early June when the temperatures start heating up and the humidity thickens.It was 86 degrees at first pitch Wednesday night,...

Through the first two months of the Orioles' season, second baseman Ryan Flaherty's reputation hinged much more on his glove than his bat.In 30 games, Flaherty was perfect in the field. At the plate, though, he struggled, starting the year 0-for-17 and...

The clinic that Orioles right-hander Freddy Garcia put on Thursday night against the Washington Nationals wasn't one in power pitching, but it was effective nonetheless. After the Orioles and Nationals combined for 14 homers the previous two nights, the...

Starting their 11th season in Aberdeen, the IronBirds open their home schedule Wednesday night at 7:35 p.m. at Ripken Stadium against the Hudson Valley Renegades, a Tampa Bay Rays affiliate.
The Orioles' short-season Single-A affiliate overhauled its...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Since the Orioles and Washington Nationals began their so-called rivalry in 2006, there’s been a consistent theme.The clubs have never had a winning record at the same time when they’ve met for interleague play. Oftentimes, they’ve...

Clayton Kershaw pitched Game 4 of a National League division series last year on three days' rest.
Could Kershaw do the same again this year?
Kershaw and the Dodgers wouldn't say.
"Anything like that, we wouldn't talk about now," Manager...

AT THE PLATE: Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run home run in the third inning to finish the season with 116 runs batted in, the most in the major leagues. Gonzalez finished five RBIs ahead of Mike Trout of the Angels. "It's definitely something cool...